Comments on: Wednesday Night #1389 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/10/wednesday-night-1389/ Where the world comes together Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Kimon Valaskakis OWN http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/10/wednesday-night-1389/#comment-5051 Kimon Valaskakis OWN Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:21:28 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/10/wednesday-night-1389/#comment-5051 <em>Winston Churchill once argued that democracy is the worst political system except for all the others. While there is no viable alternative to democracy, contemporary flaws in the system - what I call "dumb democracy" - threaten to weaken it and produce counterproductive results. These flaws have become, alas, increasingly prevalent in both the Canadian and U.S. elections. Voters are making momentous decisions on the basis of the most trivial criteria.</em> Globe and Mail version of my Dumb Democracy [<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081010.wcodemos13/BNStory/specialComment/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail" rel="nofollow">DUMB DEMOCRACY IS THE FASTEST ROAD TO TOTALITARIANISM</a>] article. Unfortunately, the topic is more and more relevant. <strong>Kimon</strong> KIMON VALASKAKIS President of the New School of Athens and a former Canadian ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Winston Churchill once argued that democracy is the worst political system except for all the others. While there is no viable alternative to democracy, contemporary flaws in the system - what I call “dumb democracy” - threaten to weaken it and produce counterproductive results. These flaws have become, alas, increasingly prevalent in both the Canadian and U.S. elections. Voters are making momentous decisions on the basis of the most trivial criteria.
Globe and Mail version of my Dumb Democracy [DUMB DEMOCRACY IS THE FASTEST ROAD TO TOTALITARIANISM] article. Unfortunately, the topic is more and more relevant. Kimon
KIMON VALASKAKIS
President of the New School of Athens
and a former Canadian ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

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